The American Academy of Religion just posted a preliminary program for the annual meeting, held this year in Atlanta November 21–24.

Seems like lightning struck twice this year. I am on another panel of amazing scholars.

Muslims, Film, and Visual Culture – Monday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton, Presiding

Candace Mixon, University of North Carolina, In Fatima’s Footsteps: Commemorating the Daughter of the Prophet

Susie Paulik Babka, University of San Diego, “Less Hamas, More Hummus”: the World of Street, Mural and Graffiti Art by Muslim Artists

Kristian Petersen, University of Nebraska, Omaha, New American Muslim Cinema: A Transnational Critique of Hollywood

Responding: John Lyden, Grand View University